Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee proved himself more prudent, informed, and progressive (if the word 'progressive' denotes, as it seems to in our sorry times, someone who opposes torture and the launching of illegal invasions) than half the Democrats in the Senate in 2002, when he opposed Bush's Iraq war resolution. This was a time when Sens. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and John Kerry were prostituting themselves for their own political ambitions, in the process ceding near dictatorial powers to Bush- but what's an invasion of a helpless country if it positions you as a 'centrist' who is palatable to your average warmongering neocon?

Now Chafee is disafflilated from his former party, as the possession  of an ethical compass of any sort is incompatible with membership in the racketeering outfit known as the GOP.

He is now stumping for Obama in Rhode Island, He does not, however, have kind words for the 110th Congress of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid:

When asked to comment on the current Congress, Chafee minced no words: "Abysmal. President Bush still gets everything he wants. A lot is dictated by the Executive. A bunch of sheep."

I doubt truer words have been spoken of the "New Direction Congress." History will not be kind, either.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/478